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A. McMUNN WARPING MILL APPARATUS.

APPLICATION HLED was. 1918.

Patented Dec. 2,1919.

' ALEXANDER MGMUNN, or 1I-IILADELPH1A, rENNsYLv NIA wAarINe- ILLAPPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. 2, i919.

Application filed December s, 1918. Serial No. 265,101.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MCMUNN,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia,county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Warping- Mill Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

My improvements are designedto secure,

greater output from warping mills with the employment of less labor, andto effect the spooling of the warps under even tension, thereby avoidingbreakage of the threads, securing more even spooling, and increasing thequantity which may be wound upon a spool.

In the preferred form, my improvements are embodied in a reeling orspooling jack movable across the warping mill and driven therefromthrough a channeled shaft con-- nected by a belt with an epicyclic' geartrain which rotates the spool of the jack.

The accompanying'drawings illustrate an embodiment of my invention, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of warping mill apparatus embodyingmy improvements;

Fig. 2 is a top plan'view of the same with parts removed; and Fig. 3 isan enlarged sectional View of part of the reeling jack showing theepicyclic gears. I

As shown in the drawings, the frame 1 has .journaled therein the arbors2 of thewarp reel 2, the latter being provided with a driving band 8through which it is rotated by the contact or friction wheel 1. Thewheel 4 is fixed on a shaft 5 having on the end thereof the pulley 6connected by the belt 7 with the main driving pulley 8.

A spooling jack or frame 9 (having its base slidably engaged in the ways9*) has journaled in latching bearings 9 thereof ashaft 10 on which issleeved a warp winding spool or roll 11. A head 11 projects from the endof the spool and is adapted for engagement in the undercut slot 12 of acollar 12 keyed to the shaft 10, whereby the spool is readily fixedrelatively to and dissociated from the shaft. 7

A wheel 13, journaled on a bearing 14 projecting from the frame 9, isprovided with the internal circumferential gear teeth 15 meshing withaspur gear 16 fixed on the shaft 10.

by a belt 18 with a fluted shaft 19 journaled in the frame 1, thechannels 19 of the shaft securely positioning and affording a widebearing surface for the belt 18 in a plurality of positions, so that thereeling jack may be moved across in front of the mill to take off warpson different parts of the reel without affecting the driving mechanism.

The shaft 19 has fixed thereon a pulley 20 connected by a belt 21 withthe idler pulley 22 which is connected by a pulley 23 with the maindriving pulley 8, the latter being controlled by a belt shifter 24operable through the tension member 2 1 and treadle 25;

In operation, the jack is positioned in line with the warp to be takenoff from the reel and the belt 18 engaged in an appropriate channel 19.The bearings 9 are unlatched and the shaft 10 lifted for the insertionand having a reel and a shaft parallel therewith with a spooling jackhaving a spool movable across sa1d reel, and driving means connectingsaid mill and spool and comprising a belt adjustable along said shaft inaccordance with the movement of said jack relatively to said reel.

' 2. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of awarping mill having a reel, means for rotating said reel, and achanneled shaftconnected with said means, with a spooling ack having apulley,

'a belt connecting said shaft and pulley,

epicyclic gear mechan sm connected with said pulley, and a spooloperated by said gear mechanism. V A

3. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a warpingmill having a reel, with a spooling jack having I a journaled shaft, aspool, means for fixing said spool relatively to said shaft, a wheel onsaid shaft, a wheel having a circumferen- A sheave 13 on the wheel 13 isconnected tial part engaging said wheel first named, and means fordriving said second named wheel from said mill.

said spool and a second gear Wheelengaging said first geanfor' rotatingsaid journal and holding it inits seat, and means for driving saidmechanism, said means being 10 adjustably connected with said'mill.

Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my name this 30th: day ofNovember, 1918.

